Madness is taking hold in Hungarian gardens: More and more people are planting figs

Published 2024년 8월 13일

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Turkey is the world's leading producer of figs, followed by Egypt and Morocco, with Spain being the leading EU producer. Other significant producers include Syria, the United States, Tunisia, and Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter, with Austria coming in second, followed by the United Arab Emirates and Spain. Germany is the largest importer, with Hungary's Zsolt Medve noting the potential for fig-growing in Hungary due to changing climate conditions. However, Hungary is not a major fig-producing nation and faces challenges in marketing and storing the fruit due to its perishable nature and continuous ripening.

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In the world, Turkey produces the largest amount of figs (310,000 tons/year), Egypt is second (225,000 tons/year), and Morocco is third (153,000 tons/year) in this ranking. Iran is fourth with 130,000 tons, and Algeria is fifth with 114,000 tons, according to the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Among the member states of the European Union, there are significant fig growers that fit into the top ten of the world ranking list, but are far behind in terms of quantity. Spain is the leading producer of figs on our continent with 51.6 thousand tons. Syria is in seventh place with 43,000 tons, followed by the United States with 28,000 tons of figs. Tunisia and Afghanistan also fit into the top ten with 24.6 thousand and 24.3 thousand tons, respectively. The country that exports the most figs is Saudi Arabia with 6.7 thousand tons, and it is interesting that in terms of exports, Austria is the second with 5.6 thousand tons, which it acquires ...

Source: Agronaplo